Today in History - History - January 12th

1993NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma

1995Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia

1903Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

1948Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

200329th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Ray Romano & Jennifer Aniston win (TV)

1994Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder

1723Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres at the King's Theatre London

1958Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open

1971Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger

199723rd People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Sandra Bullock win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV)

1944Joe Frazier, Beaufort South Carolina, HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)

1964Jeff Bezos, Albuquerque New Mexico, American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon.com

1964Stefano Simondo, Italian actor

1930[Miles] Tim Horton, Cochrane Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of Tim Hortons

1954Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK)

1893Hermann Goering, Rosenheim, Bavaria, leading Nazi politician and party member

2006Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk (37) weds Lhotse Merriam at Tavarua Island Resort in Fiji

2002TV Host Conan O'Brien (38) weds Liza Powel (31) at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington

1963Country singer Willie Nelson (29) weds singer Shirley Collie (31) in Las Vegas

1684French King Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon

1700Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame in Quebec, dies at 79

2003Maurice Gibb, guitarist of the Bee Gees, dies of cardiac arrest at 53